“Howl,” April 17, 2011, DVD. Very interesting piece about Alan Ginsburg (well played by James Franco) and the obscenity trial surrounding the beat poem that fused the profane and the profound in the 1950s and set a new style of poetry before the public. A mix of trial transcripts, interviews brought to life, and animation. All the principals do wonderful jobs. Robert Baliban as the conservative trial judge who articulated a clear and ringing defense of artistic/poetic freedom of speech is especially impressive. Very worth seeing.